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OVATION AS IBIONO IBOM LEADERS, INDIGENES HAIL GOV EMMANUEL’S HOSPITAL GIFT
… Our Gratitude will Climax in 2023 – Ibiono Ibom PDP

A high ovation has erupted in Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area, following the fulfilment of Governor Udom Emmanuel’s promise of a general hospital, with the ground breaking of the proposed facility at the Local Government headquarters, Oko Ita.

Performing the ground breaking, Governor Emmanuel speaking through the Commissioner for Health, Professor Augustine Umoh, harped on his avowed commitment to leave every part of the state with imprints of development, noting that the proposed General Hospital in Ibiono Ibom is a fulfilment of his promise to the people of the area, adding that health is a non- negotiable priority of his administration.

The health commissioner who relayed the Governor’s message, noted that, “His Excellency is committed to the welfare of Ibiono Ibom people which is why he has brought this project to you”.

“Health is vital and must not be taken lightly.
This project will be inaugurated within the lifespan of this administration and this hospital will be one of the best health facilities around”

The member representing Ibiono Ibom in the state house of assembly, Honourable Godwin Ekpo, On his part commended the governor for initiating the project, noting that the land for the proposed hospital was long donated to the state government but it took Governor Udom Emmanuel to break the record by yielding to the yearnings of Ibiono Ibom people.

“Ibiono Ibom donated this land to the government for more than 20 years and administrations came and passed without erecting a structure. It will be on record that you are the governor that put this land to use for the purpose it was meant for and for the benefit of Ibiono Ibom people”, Ekpo Said.

Speaking on behalf of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ibiono Ibom local government area, the state Publicity secretary of the party, Mr. Borono Bassey, lauded Governor Emmanuel’s strides as a PDP governor who has impacted positively in Ibiono Ibom, conveying the position of the party in the area which he said is absolute support for the party at the polls in 2023.

“PDP in Ibiono Ibom appreciates you for everything you have done. You have shown that you care about the well-being of our people. We are thanking you in two phases. The first phase of our gratitude is communicated to you in this event and the next one will be demonstrated when we massively turn out to vote and elect all candidates of The PDP in the forthcoming elections in 2023.”

Earlier in his welcome remark, the Ibiono Ibom Council Chairman, Hon. Ekopimo Polycarp, who commended the governor for being a promise keeper, expressed the readiness of Ibiono Ibom indigenes to support his completion agenda, reassuring that Ibiono Ibom is for PDP and will stand by the party in 2023.

In their separate positions, the Abai Ibiono Ibom, Obong Nsima Umoh and the representatives of the women Dr Eno Antiaobong Ekong, and youth, Hon. Joseph Udo, held that the governor has done well by remembering Ibiono in his plans, pointing that Ibiono Ibom as the votes basket of the state with more than 200 gazetted villages, is intact for PDP and will be a decisive factor in the victory of PDP Come 2023.

Present at the event were members of the Akwa Ibom State Executive Council, PDP Candidate for Itu/Ibiono Ibom Federal Constituency seat Rt Hon. Ime Okon, Chairman of Westgate Group, Obong Churchill Udoh, Chairman of the Ibom Airport Development Limited, Dr Iniobong Essien, Traditional fathers from Ibiono Ibom, the PDP structure, sociopolitical groups amongst others.

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